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From Twinkle, with Love
by Sandhya Menon
At first I was having second thoughts on reading this book after the first few pages, because I'm not a big fan of YA and only chose to read it because it was about an aspiring filmmaker. But I don't like to abandon books either, so I continued on and I now I don't regret it. It was a really sweet novel with romance and friendship and the experience of getting rid of your wallflower identity.
I was able to relate alot with Twinkle, in different ways. And it was an unexpectedly emotional novel too (the relationship between Twinkle and her mummy had me in tears).
I wish there were more authors like Sandhya Menon when I was an avid reader of YA novels back in my early teen hood; to give life and voices to South Asian characters. But I'm happy that future South Asian kids and other POCs will have these inspirational characters to admire and look up to. That being said, this book (more specifically Twinkle) has sparked a fire in me to reach for (even the smallest bits of) my dreams too.
I was able to relate alot with Twinkle, in different ways. And it was an unexpectedly emotional novel too (the relationship between Twinkle and her mummy had me in tears).
I wish there were more authors like Sandhya Menon when I was an avid reader of YA novels back in my early teen hood; to give life and voices to South Asian characters. But I'm happy that future South Asian kids and other POCs will have these inspirational characters to admire and look up to. That being said, this book (more specifically Twinkle) has sparked a fire in me to reach for (even the smallest bits of) my dreams too.